SYDENHAM THEATRE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)

SYDENHAM THEATRE.

The leading attraction at the King’s Theatre, Sydenham, to-night and on -Monday and Tuesday next will he “Omar, the Tentmaker.” Behind the artistry of the picture i.s a st-ory of surprising dramatic strength. The curtain rises upon young Omar, the student of whims who neglects Ins hooks to idle in the tavern, scribble verses and plan an improved calendar, the mere | thought of which was regarded as . heresy. His companions are Nizan and j Hnssan, and his love, the beautiful I Shireen. only daughter of Iman MotvI affak. Shireen had. the misfortune to ; please the eye of the Shah of Shahs. who demanded her for his household ■ She and Omar had been secretly mar- ! ried. but dared not tell. "When she J spurned the Shah she was thrown iutc a dungeon until the arrival of her child made her name a. disgrace, and caused the Shah to order her death. She sent her baby girl to Omar for protection, expecting the end ; but tin attendants feared to kill the daughter of Iman, and sold her into slavery instead. The supporting feature will bo “Just Tony,” which stars Tom -Mix and famous horse. The story is that of a horse whose feelings are so stirred by thecruelty of his human captors that he turns against them, and enters upon a career of devastation and ruin of all man’s belongings. The training of the horse is superb, and the intelligence exhibited by the quadruped is beyond belief. ‘ Just Tony ’ .*s a picture exceedingly entertaining.